The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-10-26
bring The people who made the Clothes"
What did you do with the clothes she

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| fence. III there was any hair or blood on
the clothing knew nothing of it."
Where did you 20 them"
81 took Luella TO Frankfort, and then
drove to Kokomo to get money to 90 away
/ with. She took the train at Frankfort aud
/ went from Kokomo. We met at Indian
spolls and went away together. She is
now alive"
| ITS a lie. Choke the nth out of him"
/ came from the crowd.
| 81 can't satisfy you. There is no use
| talking to you. You have decided to MUIR
| der me. The most absurd stories have been
| told, and now about that hair that was
/ found in my trunk in Tascoosa. 1t was
| silly to think that was the hair of Iiuella
| Mabbitt. Buck Stanley told that and said
| it was her hair. 1t was not. I'd have ex-
| planned this all at Fort Worth, il Buck
| Stanley would have permitted me. / sent
| for my attorney then, but Stanley hustled
me away before he came To see me. l had
no chance, or I'd have produced her there.
Buck Stanley will tell you that. sent for
| an attorney. The way was treated made
me mad and this, with the advice of my
| attorney, made me hold out. / would
have
PRODUCED LUELLA NABBIT
on the day Of my trial"
"You have put it off too long" "Haug
| him." "Put him to the stake" make
him tell the truth" came from the crowd.
Amer, were you not drunk the night
| you and Luella went away"
II was OF"
Were you not in the habit of drink
ing?"
81 occasionally drank, and sometimes to
| excess but was not drunk that night"
when you left those clothes near For
est, why did you go the branch and wash
| our hsnds?'
~ did not. 1 did not wash my hands"
"Did you not go to the bank OF the
stream and wash your hands in gravel and
water%'
81 did not"
"Why does not Luella come home?
Does she not know that you are in dam
ger?"
she would come il l had time to send
| for her"
"Why did she not come back and re-
lieve her distressed father and mother?'
she was scared, and at the same time
angry. She said she would not come back.
She said she would starve or
DIE IN THE POoR HOUSE
rather than come back. We had arranged
10 60 away for long time before we went.
Once when we went to KOkomo she want
cd to run away, but had no money and
we could not go. The night We went, Luz
ella had arranged for it; she had taken
| some Of her clothing down to the barn and
she got it when we went away"
Questions were now asked by the crowd
| at random.
What did Walker know about the dis
appearance Of the girl2'
He knew nothing Of IT,"
Didn't he know that you were going to
MsbbitIs that night?"
Yes, but be didn't know OF our ar.
raDgement to leave"
You were at Young America to-
gether?'
Yes. and we left there together, but
Walker knew nothing OF our plans He is
| innocent Of any connection with our dis
appearance"
"Give him the rope. Give him the
| stake" came from the crowd.
There was a short consultation among
the leaders, when one of them said:
"Shall we
HANG HIM Or BURN HIN?''
Hang him." Burn him." was the re-
| Spouse, but the sentiment appeared in
favor of the rope.
Cali who are in favor of the rope say,
aye
There was loud chorus of ayes, and
quicker than it takes to tell it hemp rope
was produced and hangman's moose made
and placed about the doomed mans neck.
| His arms we're closely pinioned to his body.
AS this was completed the victim said:
AFTER this is all over, Mr.. Mabbitt;
after am gone do not forget me, do not
do not worry, ne will not forget you, -
shouted some one in the crowd, and Green
i said no more.
The order was then given to move to a
/ small butternut tree few feet away. A
I limb extended out and afforded
4 EATTPAI eCAFFoTD
''who Will climb the tree ," was asked by
| dozen members of the mob.
A young man grabbed the end OF the
/ rope, and with the agility OF a squirrel,
/ pulled himself up to the limb selected
| about twenty feet from the ground.
| Quickly the rope was thrown over the limb
| and the end grasped by a score of hands.
"A wagon" "a wagon" was called.
| A three. seated, red wagon, drawn by q
bay and dun horse was drawn under the
tree and the fsted man assisted in. He
stood up on the seat,
AS ERECT AS A STATUE,
his hands pinicned and the rope so tightly
| drawn that he was almost choked. The
crowd was as orderly as a sheriff's posse
could have been had Amer Green been
going to his death in accordance with the
mandates of the law. No one who ever
witnessed that sight can ever etface II
from memory. A giant was in chains, had
been tried, convicted and was about to be-
executed. The fire in the grove flickered
and cast weird shadows on the ground
while the stars, so calm and beautiful
ooked down from a cloudless sky. The
fearful tragedy that was about to be en-
acted presented an awfal contrast with
nature, for nature was at rest. Motionless
helpless in the hands of his captors, hal
| stood, half hung Amer Green, who haC
| been condemned to die.
"Giye him q chance TO speak" came
from the crowd, and the rope was Stacked
| Are you an innocent man" asked the
| Journal reporter, who had stood q NUT,
spectator OF the mob's dread work.
| Il am an innocent man."
What is your last request" continued
the newspaper man.
| THAT you inform nv mother send he
| Dy body, and tell her desire to be buried
by the side OF my sister in Ohio"
"At Hebron, Obio?"
1 YES, and"
Here the horses gave lurch forward and
Amer Green was suspended between esrtf
| and sky.
| When the body fell the rope seemed K
stretch four feet and it looked as If th'
victim would touch the ground. The rop'
was strong, however, and there was a
least three feet between the soles of hi
boots and the ground. He never moved {
| muscle after he fell. 1t was thought hi